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ITV Report

26 April 2013 at 9:30pm

County Council elections in Northamptonshire

In Northamptonshire there are 57 county council seats up for election on Thursday 2 May. Boundary changes have reduced the number of councillors by 16 from the current 73. Northamptonshire County Council has been Conservative-controlled since 2005 and the party currently has an overall majority of 35.

The Conservatives currently have 54 councillors, the Liberal Democrats have 10, Labour 6 with 2 Independents and 1 UKIP.

Electorate in December 2012: 533,308

Boundary changes will reduce the number of county councillors from 73 to 57. Credit: ITV Anglia / OS OpenData

Labour ran Northamptonshire County Council from 1993 until 2005. In the 2013 election any one party will need at least 27 councillors for an overall majority.